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Distinctions of legal profession from business

The primary characteristics which distinguish the legal profession from business are: (a) a duty of

public service of which emolument is a by-product, and in which one may attain the highest

eminence without making much money, (b) a relation as officer of the court to the administration of

!ustice involving thorough sincerity, integrity, and reliability, (c) a relation to client in the highest

degree fiduciary, and (d) a relation to colleagues at the bar characteri"ed by candor, fairness, and

unwillingness to resort to current business methods of advertising and encroachment on their

practice, or dealing directly with their clients#

These characteristics make the law a noble profession, and the privilege topractice it is bestowed only upon individuals who are competent intellectually,academically and morally# $ts basic ideal is to render service and to secure !ustice for

those who seek its aid# $f it has to remain a noble and honorable profession and attainits ideal, those enrolled in is ranks should not only master its tenets and principles butshould also, by their lives, accord continuing fidelity to them# %nd because they are thevanguards of the law and the legal systems, lawyers must at all times conductthemselves in their professional and private dealings with honesty and integrity in amanner beyond reproach# (&' vs# *, et al#,)

Characteristics of the legalprofession which distinguishes it

from business

The primary characteristics which distinguish the legal profession from business are: (a) a

duty of public service of which emolument is a by-product, and in which one may attain the highest

eminence without making much money, (b) a relation as officer of the court to the administration of

!ustice involving thorough sincerity, integrity, and reliability, (c) a relation to client in the highest

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degree fiduciary, and (d) a relation to colleagues at the bar characteri"ed by candor, fairness, and

unwillingness to resort to current business methods of advertising and encroachment on their

practice, or dealing directly with their clients#

These characteristics make the law a noble profession, and the privilege topractice it is bestowed only upon individuals who are competent intellectually,academically and morally# $ts basic ideal is to render service and to secure !ustice forthose who seek its aid# $f it has to remain a noble and honorable profession and attainits ideal, those enrolled in is ranks should not only master its tenets and principles butshould also, by their lives, accord continuing fidelity to them# %nd because they are thevanguards of the law and the legal systems, lawyers must at all times conductthemselves in their professional and private dealings with honesty and integrity in amanner beyond reproach# (&' vs# *, et al#,)